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Clic-It Cymru Clic-Itnews from Wales and the World Cymru News from Wales and the World Issue 18 / January 2021 Clic-it Cymru Clic-itNews from Wales and the World Cymru News from Wales and the World Authors: Haf Llewelyn, Mali Williams Editor: Karen MacIntyre Huws VACCINE BREXIT At 11pm on December 31st, 2020, the UK officially FOR ALL? separated from the EU (European Union). This means At the start of another new year, some old worries that the UK stopped following EU rules and have unfortunately persist. Although Covid is still causing agreed new arrangements for travel, trade, immigration illness and worry, there is also a great deal to make us and security. look forward to a better spring. The new Covid vaccines This follows many months of discussions between the are now available, and a vaccination programme has UK and the EU to try and decide on terms and started across Wales. With the virus particularly arrangements for leaving. It was only on Christmas Eve dangerous for older people, they are the first to be 2020 that the final trade deal was reached, and MPs AROUND THE offered the vaccine. voted in its favour. WORLD A new article for Prime Minister Boris Johnson described it as an Clic-it Cymru! ‘amazing moment’, however Mark Drakeford, Wales’ First Minister, described the deal as ‘poor’ but that it was better than “no deal at all”. PAGE 2 FUTURE STARS OF MASTERMIND Who else will be vaccinated? It is hoped that most of the Welsh population will have OUR GREEN been vaccinated in the following months, but some PLANET people are more at risk from the virus, and will be The state of prioritised. The first to be vaccinated are: mammals in Wales • The elderly in care homes, and their carers. • Everyone aged 80+, and health and social care Over the festive season S4C saw the return of the famous workers. quiz show Mastermind with 15 of Wales's brightest PAGE 4 • Everyone 75+ children sitting in the famous black chair and competing • Everyone 70+ and people with underlying health for the title of Mastermind Plant Cymru. problems. The quizmaster was Betsan Powys - “It was an • Everyone over 65. eye-opener – the children were so informed, so Young people and children under 16 will not be enthusiastic and so fearless. Nerves of steel!” said the offered the vaccine just yet, it is important to broadcaster and journalist. remember that the virus does not usually Congratulations to them all and especially Oli, Rhys and cause serious illness in the young. Madeleine, the three champions. CORONAVIRUS Unfortunately, the situation with the new strain of the virus has prompted UNSUNG Education Minister Kirsty Williams to announce that schools in Wales will HEROES remain closed until at least the 29th of January. This is because this new The story of two type of coronavirus spreads even faster than the old type, causing the Welsh heroes numbers of cases in Wales to remain high. The new strain does not make people any more ill and still doesn’t seriously effect children, however the government are saying that everyone must stay at home to keep safe. NEWS FLASH PAGE 7 DATES FOR THE DIARY JANUARY 2021 Januray Martin Luther King FEBRUARY 18 Day USA Veganuary Martin Luther King was shot dead February Children’s Mental Health in 1967, he was famous for Begun in 2014, Veganuary is a charity 1-7 Week encouraging people to eat a vegan diet during campaigning for black people’s Children’s Mental Health was civil rights. January, for health reasons and for the health discussed in Issue 12. of the planet. There’s more information about being vegan in Issue10. February Dydd Miwsig Cymru 5 (Welsh Language Music Day) https://bit.ly/3mak5BP Januray Big Schools Birdwatch 6-21 Join between 6th January and 21st February. Visit the RSPB website for Januray Saint Dwynwen Day more information 25 Read a story about the island of https://bit.ly/2K3X5XO Llanddwyn in Issue12. February Shrove Tuesday 16 For more information read Issue 7. February April Lent 17 - 3 For more information read Issue 7. 2021 AROUND February THE WORLD CHINESE 12 Over NEW YEAR 1,000,000,000+ [one billion] There are 12 animals in It has been the Chinese Zodiac and celebrated people celebrate every year. 2021 is the year of the Ox. for over Previous Years of the Ox: 1937,1949,1961,1973, 4,000 A year lasts 1985,1997,2009,2021. years 12 months 353, 354 or 355 Ther are 60 3,000,000,000 days WHERE? years in one cycle of [3 billion] CHINA the Chinese calendar journeys (12 animals are A leap year lasts repeated 5 times) During Spring Festival celebrations 13 months 12 x 5 = 60 (between 28th January and 7th March in 2021), over 3,000,000,000 383, 384 Beginning (three billion) journeys are made or 385 of current within China, with people visiting days cycle 1984 friends and family. Chinese Calendar: 2 *Baking tin FLAPJACKS Clic-it Cymru has used a round This easy recipe uses oats, an ingredient that is good for our health. silicone tin but you can use a square Go for it Oats give you long lasting energy; they’re full of fibre, vitamins and /metal tin. If you’re not using Go for it minerals and they help balance blood sugar. Plain flapjacks are really silicone you may need to line it with tasty, but you can add other things if you want. baking paper to stop it sticking. You will need: 1 2 3 • 75g butter • Between 50g and 75g of brown sugar • 180g of porridge oats • About 2 tbsp of golden syrup • Handful of nuts/seeds/dried fruit (optional) • Chocolate to decorate (optional) • Bowl and spoon* • Baking tin Preheat the oven to about 180° You need to melt the butter. You Mix the sugar and the melted (medium heat). Grease the tin to can use a microwave or in a butter, add the syrup and mix stop the flapjacks sticking. saucepan on a gentle heat. well. 4 5 6 Add the oats a bit at a time and mix well. You can add a handful of nuts/seeds/dried fruit here too Put it in the oven for about 20 if you want. Pour the mixture into a tin and minutes until it’s a golden brown press down with a spoon. colour. Take care! 7 Let it cool for a bit and then if You need an you want you can drizzle adult to keep an some melted chocolate over eye on you when it. Cut into pieces and enjoy! cooking! Sudoku Tower building Can you solve this Sudoku puzzle? You have 4 cubes. 1. The red cube is below the green. 2. The blue cube is above the yellow. 3. The yellow cube is above the green. How to solve a Sudoku puzzle. Which cube is at the top of the tower? BRAIN TWISTER You can have one of each shape in each row, in each column and in each cluster of 6. Answers on page 8 3 OUR GREEN ENDANGERED SPECIES IN WALES: Species CRITICALLY PLANET • Pine Marten ENDANGERED 1 Species • Red squirrel, ENDANGERED • Water vole, THE STATE OF MAMMALS IN WALES 3 • Bachstein’s bat This is a brand-new column in Clic-it Cymru, where we will be discussing environmental issues, in Wales and Species • Otter, • Nathusius’ beyond. • Harvest mouse, pipistrelle bat, VULNERABLE • Hedgehog, • Serotine bat, In November 2020, the Mammal Society and Natural Resources 7 • Hazel dormouse,• Barbastelle bat Wales published a report on the state of mammals in Wales. The report draws attention to the fact that many of our most popular and Species • Lesser horseshoe bat recognisable animals are declining in numbers, and some are in DOING • Polecat danger of disappearing altogether. WELL 3 • Field vole To see the full report, click this link: https://bit.ly/2Ke7obH There are Hedgehogs species of mammal [ma•mmal] Some experts believe that terrestrial hedgehog numbers have mammals in declined up to 61% since 1995. 49 an animal that breathes air, Wales, The hedgehog is not on the list has a backbone, and grows of endangered animals because of them native hair or fur at some point in they are not endangered throughout the world. species (living its life. Female mammals produce milk to feed their Follow the link for tips on naturally in how to make your garden 40 young and they usually give Wales). hedgehog friendly: birth to live young. https://bit.ly/3gDNHWU Literature Craft Television ININ THETHE Music Art LIMELIGHTLIMELIGHT Poetry Here is a taste of Efa’s work, but for more information visit EFA LOIS her website: https://efalois.cymru/ Clic-it Cymru likes to put artists working in Wales under the spotlight from time to time. In this issue we are shining a light on EFA LOIS: Efa Lois is an illustrator who is originally from Ceredigion. The themes in her work are often ©Efa Lois & Cadw ©Efa Lois & Cadw ©Efa Lois & Cadw flowers, 1970’s styles and Follow these links to mythology; women also play an find out about other important role in her work. Her artists: images are imaginative, positive Dime-one (Andy Birch) and striking. Issue 2 Her work has been featured in John Meirion Morris ‘Welsh Women Making History’ by CADW and on the covers of Issue 4 books and albums. In her spare time Efa runs and illustrates ‘Prosiect Luned Rhys Parri Drudwen’, a blog documenting the forgotten women of Welsh Issue 6 history. Sydney Curnow Vosper ©Efa Lois Issue 11 4 trees, Mali and Gran would creep SERIES STORY quietly and watch the badgers jostle and roll in the leaves.
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